Steel and Composite Structures
Volume 5, Number 2, 2005, pages 159-168
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2005.5.2_3.159
Current practices and future directions of steel design in Japan
Eiki Yamaguchi
Abstract
Four design codes/regulations for steel structures in Japan are briefly reviewed. Some of them employ the limit state design concept while the others are still based on the allowable stress design concept. The process for revision is now in action. The directions in the development of structural design codes are also reported herein. It is noted that a current trend in this development is to employ the performance-based design concept that has been successfully implemented in some seismic design codes.
Key Words
Japanese design codes; steel structures; allowable stress design; limit state design; performance-based design.
Address
Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan